A Personal Perspective From a Third Year Accountancy Student As I sit here on my last day of my internship at Ernst & Young, one of the “big 4” accounting firms, I am reflecting on everything that has happened these last eight weeks. The experience has been much...
Accountancy Articles
Daniels Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2019
The Daniels College of Business is proud to introduce the following faculty members who are joining our community this fall. They represent great depth and a breadth of experience in both academia and industry. The new faculty join a high-caliber cohort of educators...
From Balancing Ledgers to Tabulating War Casualties
Alumnus Ruslan Garrey puts his accounting degree to work in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service Corps As a teenager, Ruslan Garrey (BSAcc 2012) assumed he would pursue an education in math or science because his parents were both chemists. Then he met representatives...
And The Winner Is … The AdventureMobile!
During winter quarter in ACTG 3360, Profit Planning and Control class, I created a contest for my students to build a car using target costing and value engineering. Target costing is a management technique that encourages students to think about how companies can...
Healthy Competition? Is Comparison Feedback a Good Idea?
We’ve all been compared to others whether in our personal, school or professional life. Growing up we compare ourselves to siblings or friends, at school we compare grades on an exam, and in our careers we compare our performance to that of our co-workers. New...
Eight end-of-year expert tax tips
The end of 2018 is quickly approaching, so it's time to make any financial decisions to prepare for your 2018 taxes. Sharon Lassar, director of the School of Accountancy at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, offers eight tax tips. (1) Taxpayers...
The Ever-Rising U.S. National Debt is a Problem—Can It Be Fixed?
Did you know that the United States national debt is approaching $22 trillion? And that’s just the official tally. If you count all the unfunded future obligations related to Social Security and Medicare, that number could get as high as $70-80 trillion. But what does...
Distinguished Chapter
The Daniels College of Business chapter of Beta Alpha Psi was recognized as a distinguished chapter as a result of its members’ outstanding efforts in the 2017-18 academic year. Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) is the international honor organization for financial information...
State Treasurer Candidates Debate at Daniels
It seemed like the only seat available in Daniels’ Reiman Theater this past Monday evening was the one for which the two men on stage were vying: The seat heading up Colorado’s Department of Treasury. Democrat Dave Young and republican Brian Watson were on campus for...









